PBI-Entrepueblos film ‘La Sangre de la Tierra’ to be screened in Toronto and Quebec City

Article by PBI-Canada

La Sangre de la Tierra (The Blood of the Earth), a documentary film made by Peace Brigades International and Asociación Entrepueblos, is scheduled to be screened at the Planet in Focus film festival (October 15-20) in Toronto and at the International Symposium on Indigenous Languages (February 11, 2021) in Quebec City.

PBI-Guatemala produces popular bulletin in Indigenous Q’eqchi’ language

The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has produced its 16-page Popular Bulletin No. 6 in the Q’eqchi’ language.

The bulletin can be read in Q’eqchi’ here.

World Atlas notes, “The Q’eqchi’ language is spoken by about 7.58% of the Guatemalan population. It is also a Maya language that is spoken in the Guatemalan departments of El Quiché, El Petén, Izabal, and Alta Verapaz.”

PBI-Guatemala notes Solway mine continues to operate despite COVID-19 and court ruling

Article by PBI-Canada

On April 18, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project shared an article on its Facebook page about the refusal of the Russian-Swiss company Solway to suspend operations at its nickel mine in El Estor during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Human rights defenders in the department of Izabal oppose the open-pit Fenix nickel mine in the municipality of El Estor because it is causing serious environmental damage and irreparable harm to Lake Izabal, Guatemala’s largest freshwater lake.

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